Different habitat preferences of male and female giant pandas

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-214

  Qi, Dunwu ^a,b   Zhang, Shanning ^c   Zhang, Zejun ^a,d   Hu, Yibo ^a   Yang, Xuyu ^e   Wang, Hongjia ^e   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Wildlife Conservation Association   (China)

^d CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Wildlife Conservation Division   (China)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Landscape structure; Sexual segregation; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BAMBOO; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOREST COVER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIXED FOREST; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEY; WILD POPULATION;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 80054733582     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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